News archive for 18th August 2020

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Gaping chasm between rich and poor pupils passing GCSEs shows kids must go back to school - The Sun Staggering 100,000 teens to make last-minute scramble to swap university places following A-level U-turn - The Sun Students lay bare tears, anger and devastation of A-level chaos risking futures - Mirror Universities demand more money to take on extra students after A-levels U-turn - Telegraph Exam regulator Ofqual chiefs had no prior education experience - Mail A-level confusion increases as universities await teacher-predicted grades from Ucas - Independent Call for urgent review of 'flawed' exams grading process after fiasco leaves 'public confidence badly shaken' - Evening Standard Parents and teachers have lost faith in Gavin Williamson, government told - Guardian Education Minister says she is 'unreservedly... truly sorry' to young people for exam results chaos in Wales - Wales Online Universities demand financial support over A-level U-turn - Financial Times Universities rush to find space as U-turn and Covid create chaos for campuses - Telegraph Medical schools face admissions chaos after A-level climbdown - Guardian What grades to award those blamed for England's A-level and GCSE debacle? - Guardian Student who wrote story about biased algorithm has results downgraded - Guardian Ben Jennings on the privilege of private school – cartoon - Guardian Students ‘messed around’ by A Level fiasco should be financially compensated, says senior Tory - PoliticsHome Blame the politicians, not the technology, for A-level fiasco - Financial Times Schools frustrated as BTec results caught up in exams fiasco - Guardian GCSE confusion as pupils get 'centre assessment grades' on Thursday but 'official results' next week - Mail Richer kids spent a third more time learning in lockdown than poor ones, think tank warns - The Sun GCSE results will come on time on Thursday despite fears u-turn chaos will cause delays - The Sun Gavin Williamson slammed for blaming Ofqual for A-level results chaos as he refuses to quit 4 times - The Sun 27 academy trusts given just one free laptop each from government - HuffPost A-levels and GCSEs U-turn: The end of the algorithm? - Times Educational Supplement | TES College funding: Why the Covid crisis is far from over - Times Educational Supplement | TES This is what we can expect GCSE results to look like after CAGs came out on top - Schools Week Blame game erupts over A-level fiasco as Gavin Williamson dodges resignation calls - Independent Ofqual statement on grading of VTQs, 18 August 2020 - Ofqual Colleges told to expect revised A-level results tomorrow - FE Week 'I feel like BTecs are invisible': Southampton student on results downgrade - Guardian BTec students still 'feel forgotten about' after 'unfair' results day - Metro Why digital upskilling must continue post-lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES Results U-turn: Unions urge DfE to support students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Axing Ofqual would be 'wrong step', says ex-minister - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships: West Midlands colleges fear £22m loss - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gavin Williamson says he is ‘absolutely determined’ to stay on as poll reveals four in ten think Education Secretary should quit over A-levels crisis - PoliticsHome GCSE and A level students to receive centre assessment grades - DfE Cambridge Technical & National students to receive centre-assessed grades, exam board announces - FE Week A-level debacle has shattered trust in educational assessment - IOE London Blog Covid-19: Unicef launches first emergency response to tackle UK child food poverty - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Gavin Williamson admits difficult chat with Boris Johnson after exam results U-turn - Express Ofqual: Small number of level 2 results will be delayed this Thursday - FE Week GCSEs 2020: Exam boards promise results will be on time - Times Educational Supplement | TES ISC statement following government decision to allow use of CAGs - Independent Schools Council | ISC How bad were Ofqual’s grades - HEPI Exam boards promise GCSE grades will be delivered to schools on time - Schools Week MillionPlus comment on A level grading - MillionPlus Lessons need to be learnt from exam calamity - NASUWT ASCL calls for review into grading fiasco - ASCL Education unions set out concerns to Gavin Williamson after exam results fiasco - UCU Stats watchdog to launch review into Ofqual’s results algorithm - Schools Week Coronavirus: What's happening with university admissions? - BBC Update following government announcement on using Centre Assessment Grades - Pearson This half-baked fix will leave most UK universities struggling | Catherine Fletcher - Guardian A-level results 2020: ASCL calls for independent inquiry into exam results fiasco - FE Week Did Gavin Willamson's 'sinister' photos include 'whip' warning? - Mail Stats watchdog to launch review into Ofqual’s results algorithm - FE Week Podcast: Where do we go after the results U-turn? - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels: Stats watchdog to probe algorithm - Times Educational Supplement | TES ASCL calls for independent inquiry into exam results fiasco - Schools Week Teaching courses could gain from more university places - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels U-turn: Heads want 'fiasco' inquiry - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sturgeon to take action over images of crowded schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nicola Sturgeon warns Covid-19 cases in schools will 'inevitably rise' - Scotsman GCSE results day 2020: How to handle the blame game - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nicola Sturgeon warns Scotland will 'inevitably see more cases which involve school students' - Herald Scotland Senior Tory MP calls for abolition of Ofqual over exam grades crisis - Guardian Record numbers of students left in limbo amid scramble for university places - Telegraph Ministers have passed the buck to universities – here are the consequences - Schools Week Downgraded BTEC pupils to be given their predicted grades as part of exam U-turn - Mirror Nicola Sturgeon under pressure as huge concerns over coronavirus exposed - Express BTec students wait for answers after being left out of the government's exams u-turn - HuffPost BTECs: Up to 5,000 grades to be reviewed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March to 13 August 2020 - DfE Pearson corrects education secretary over false BTEC downgrades claim - Schools Week Rich kids spent 30% more time learning in lockdown than poorest peers, new research shows - PoliticsHome Fixing racial inequality in universities shouldn't just be left to BAME students | Afua Acheampong - Guardian Pearson corrects education secretary on BTEC downgrades, saying only 0.5 per cent of results were moderated down - FE Week The U-turn isn't problem solved – it's problem moved - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus in Scottish schools: the primary and secondary schools in Scotland where there are cases of Covid-19 - Scotsman Grade U to the government for a monumental cock-up - Times Educational Supplement | TES Over 40% of councils opt out of national laptop scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES Manage School Experience service: information for schools - DfE Universities could need 'billions' in taxpayer bailouts due to A-level fiasco - HuffPost Sturgeon told of safety fears as schools return fully - Times Educational Supplement | TES We must look far and wide for an assessment solution - Times Educational Supplement | TES BTec Nationals: Who are the students who didn't just do A-levels? - BBC Education Minister apologises to students over A-level results - Wales Online DfE unable to explain GCSE results day confusion – as Williamson contradicts his own guidance - Schools Week Gavin Williamson urged to ‘get a grip’ after exams U-turn triggers scramble for university places - PoliticsHome Abolishing private schools is the only way to make things fair - HuffPost Gavin Williamson spends morning refusing to resign over exams 'mega-mess' - HuffPost Exams U-turn: Williamson fends off resignation talk - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE advertises for members for new skills and productivity board - FE Week IGCSEs: U-turn on teacher-predicted grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES A level 2020: Autumn exam timetable - Times Educational Supplement | TES EIS union in plea for Nicola Sturgeon to cut school class sizes to halt Covid spread - Herald Scotland Labour slams Gavin Williamson's last-minute A Level U-turn for causing 'massive headache' - Evening Standard Gavin Williamson refuses to back Ofqual head after exam results U-turn - Guardian The inelegant fix of awarding CAGs puts year 12s at the sharp end of this crisis - Schools Week The U-turn may push grade anger towards schools – but at least we can defend our results - Schools Week 'Ignorant' Gavin Williamson only spotted exam flaws on Saturday - despite being warned in July - Mirror The real problem is that England's education system rewards the rich | Frances Ryan - Guardian Scotland: More pupils with Covid but schools remain open - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two per cent of BTEC results were downgraded, says Williamson - FE Week GCSE 2020: Autumn exam timetable - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results day 2020: All you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands of students in scramble for uni places after chaotic exams U-turn - Mirror A-levels: Gavin Williamson 'incredibly sorry' for exam distress - BBC All those involved in the A-level grading debacle should resign - Metro BTEC students left out of exam grades U-turn still need answers - Metro Pupil tests positive for coronavirus as school remains open during contact trace - Mirror 'Drill and kill' for England's state schools while private sector goes progressive - Guardian There is now clear data on Covid-19 and children: it should be safe to reopen English schools | Matthew Snape - Guardian Starting secondary school during a pandemic: what parents need to know - Guardian Higher education chaos looms as students could try to get back into institutions that rejected them - Mail Scottish school run parents warned they risk spreading coronavirus - Scotsman Tories call for Gavin Williamson to resign over exam U-turn - Metro ‘Absolute shambles’ senior Tories hit out at Williamson after U-turn - Express 'Another fine mess': what the papers say about the A-level U-turn - Guardian Universities could have to scrap offers and re-run entire system after A-levels u-turn - HuffPost The fake meritocracy of A-level grades is rotten anyway – universities don't need them | Sonia Sodha - Guardian A-levels U-turn: Conservatives urge Gavin Williamson to resign - Mail CAGs rule OK - HEPI A-levels: Universities facing places scramble after exams U-turn - BBC 2020 made us too – the pandemic postgraduates - Wonkhe Fair grades are just a starting point - Wonkhe In charts: How the A-level algorithm U-turn fails to fix grade inequality - Telegraph GCSE students will get teacher-estimated grades on Thursday - Mail GCSEs 2020: More DfE ‘chaos’ over timing of results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Furious Tories call for Education Sec Gavin Williamson to be sacked over exam grades U-turn - The Sun How the government changed its tuned on controversial exams algorithm - HuffPost UK academics ‘ill-prepared to support student mental health’ - Times Higher Education | THE Former world leaders call for action to stop 'lost Covid generation' - Guardian Scramble for university places after A-level exam U-turn - Times Quentin Letts: Political class of 2020 shows world-beating ineptitude - Times Testing times for the A-level results algorithm that failed to make the grade - Times Universities left with no idea how to honour offers after A-level reversal - Times Exams case studies: Students share anxieties of results ‘mess’ - Times Boris Johnson backs ‘loyal’ Gavin Williamson - Times Exams results fiasco: Questions over mandarin Jonathan Slater’s role - Times Q&A: Why was there such a big row when the A-level results came out? - Times Fuse to A-level and GCSE results powder keg was lit in lockdown - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: parents who dodge quarantine ‘risk new clusters’ - Times